{"id":34368,"date":"2026-08-28T11:01:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/?p=34368"},"modified":"2026-08-28T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:01:46","slug":"innovation-culture-and-collaboration-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/28\/innovation-culture-and-collaboration-in-south-korea","title":{"rendered":"Innovation, culture and collaboration in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">South Korea was a traditional agrarian society until the 1960s. Today, it\u2019s one of the most industrialized countries in the world \u2014 home to thriving high-tech industries such as consumer electronics, electric vehicles and information technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally from South Korea, Dr. Jong Yoon is now associate professor in the University of Washington Bothell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/stem\/\">School of STEM.<\/a> And when he heard from students about their desire for an engineering-focused study abroad program, his home country seemed the perfect fit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yoon launched the first trip of the new program, \u201cKorea Engineering Experience- Innovation, Culture and Global Collaboration,\u201d this summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of a month, 13 students not only learned about engineering and Korean culture \u2014 they also worked together with students at host institutions to solve real-world engineering problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default 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Hee-Seok Kim, assistant professor in UW Tacoma\u2019s School of Engineering &amp; Technology, who is also from South Korea. Last year, the pair went back to their homeland to begin planning the program using an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/connected-learning\/collaborate-with-us\/faculty\/travel-grants\">exploratory grant<\/a> from UW Bothell. They found two institutions interested in hosting UW students and started developing the curriculum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to keep the program broad and not specifically focused on one single discipline or department,\u201d Yoon said. \u201cWe aimed to make it more universal, a program various engineering students \u2014 including mechanical, electrical, computer science \u2014 and even non-engineering students could enjoy and learn something from.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 12-credit program featured three courses. The first was a project-based class, \u201cInnovation &amp; Collaborative Design Thinking: Micro Design Challenge,\u201d in which students worked in interdisciplinary, multinational teams at the Hannam University Design Factory in Daejeon, South Korea. Students developed innovative solutions to given problems and project themes provided by a local company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe first hosting institution was the biggest hit,\u201d Yoon said. \u201cStudents were formed into four groups to solve a single client problem, which was designing a robot for a greenhouse watermelon farm.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the UW students were mostly STEM majors, the local Korean students working on the project included students from a range of disciplines, from business and industrial design to media and communication studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/2026-South-Korea-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people pose together in front of a greenhouse.\" class=\"wp-image-34372\" 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was difficult navigating the moral and cultural differences and ways of thought,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I argue the output would otherwise not have been as thorough and impressive if not for our differences.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;It was difficult navigating the moral and cultural differences and ways of thought, but I argue the output would otherwise not have been as thorough and impressive if not for our differences.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Ben Griscom, junior, Mechanical Engineering <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The teams presented their prototypes to reviewers, including the chief operating officer of the company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having localized solutions for the farm was especially key, Yoon noted, because the farm was a small operation, run by older proprietors in a mountainous region. 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